Accession No

0358

Brief Description

set of drawing instruments, by Northen, English, 1775 (c)

Origin

England; Hull

Maker

Northen

Class

Drawing

Earliest Date

1775

Latest Date

1775

Inscription Date

Material

metal (silver, steel, brass); ivory; fishskin (rayskin)

Dimensions

case length 170mm; breadth 75mm; thickness 30mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Antique Art Galleries, Grafton Street, on 03/08/1927.

Inscription

‘NORTHEN HULL’ (sector and scale)

Description Notes

Green shagreen (rayskin) case with silver mounts, clip fastening and name plate containing six instruments.
1. Ivory scale divided [0] - [180] and [180] - [0] by 10 to 1 and with a scale of CHORDS [0] - 90 by 10 to 1. Verso: scale of divisions of half and inch with diagonal scales.
2. Ivory sector divided 0 - 100 (?) along edge; 6 inch, engraved with lines of sines, tangents, and numbers. Engraved verso with chords 0 - 60, secants and inches 0 - 12.
3. Dividers; brass handles with steel tips (fine adjustment screw (?); 2-2-2000).
4. Brass ink bows (small).
5. Brass ink bows on compass point, steel tips.
6. Brass ink bows (large).
Two spare shafts, one with hinge, file in case (2 elements missing).
(Three elements missing (?); 2-2-2000).

Condition: fair; incomplete (3 elements missing; 2-2-2000).

References

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